Improvement in sleighs



S. R. BAlLEY.

sleigh.

Patented Jan. 19,1869.

.Illini i? nl Wig-Zine 6a es l NPEIERS. MTD-UHDGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. DvC.

f 5mn- @sind www S. R. BAILEY,'OF BATH, MAINE.

Letters Patent No. 85,895, dated January l19, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLEIG-HS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of theum.

To all to -who/m. these presents shall come:

Be it known that I, S. R. Barner, of Bath, in the' Figurel is across-section of the lower part of a sleigh-body and its runners, and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of its runnerstandards or posts,and a portion of one of its crossbars, showing the connection of thetwo.-

This invention relates to means for uniting the crossbars of.sleigh-bottoms 'to the runner-posts or uprights, whereby much greaterstrength of parts, durability, and Aelegance of finish are obtained, atno increase of expense as compared with the present construction of suchvehicles. l

As heretofore constructed, the upper end of the runner-posts has beenunited 'to cross-bar, by a mortise and tenen, and the union th'us made,stiened by means of an iron brace, extending angularly between the two.The join't thus made is a source of weakness, and fractures often takeplace at this point. v

My present invention consists in abolishing the tenon and mortise, and,in place thereof, prolonging the upper end of the runner-posts oruprights, in a gracelful curve, alongside of the bottom part of thecrossbar, and applying an iron strap or brace to each side of such post,and substantially from end to end thereof, with the exception that theupper end of the outer iron strip diverges from the post, in a curve-dline, and is joined in any suitable manner to the outer end of thecross-bar, thus serving both as a brace to strengthen `these posts, andto give a finished appearance to them.

,Theopposite side posts of the two runners may be formed of one and thesame piece of wood, steamed, and bent `into therequisite form, as shownin the accompa-nylug drawings, or they may be in independent pieces, andjoined to the under side of the cross-bar,

the inneriron strap, in either case, being preferably in one piece.

-By means of the above-described construction of parts, I obtain theadvantage, as before premised, of a much stronger and more lasting unionof the runnerposts and cross-bars, without an additional expense, ascompared with the present construction of sleighs, while I gain animprovement ininish and graceful appearance, which a curved line nearlyalways presents over an angular one.

rails of the sleigh-body at a a, one ofthe cross-bars at b, and thefloor-boards at c c, Sac.

in the ordinary manner, at their lower ends, to the runners e e, whiletheir upper portions are secured, as shown at j, and carried under andglued or otherwise secured to the cross-bar b, at some distance from itsouter ends.

A metallic strap or plate, g, is secured to the inner side of therunner, and to the inner faces of the posts tl d, or the face of the barof wood composing them, while to the outer face of the runner and theposts d al, a similar metallic strap, l or l, is secured.

The upper end `of the strap l, as before mentioned, diverges in a curvedline from the curved corner of the post el, and is secured in a suitablemanner to the cross-bar b, and to the sleigh-body.

facture them.

` Claim.

I vclaim my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent oftheUnited States- The mode herein described of uniting the posts orstandards of sleigh-runners to the bottom of the sleigh, that is, indispensing with the ordinary tenon and mortise, and prolonging the postsin a curved form, and alfixing them to the cross-bars, as hereinrepresented, the tenon thus formed being strengthened bythe ado`ption ofthe metallic plates g and i, the Whole being combined, applied, andproducing results before explained.

' S. R. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

FRED. OUn'rrs,

FRANK FULLER.

The drawings before alluded to represent the side I The runner-posts [lil, as by my invention, are joined This description ofthe constructionof my invention will enable carriage or sleigh-builders to manu--

